Health

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Holidays and stress seem to go hand in hand. To cope, many people often steal hours from their sleep to pack in all the…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol — often referred to as the “good” cholesterol — may…

By Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN In April 1992, Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” topped the Billboard 100,…

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN As Abhishesh Pokharel carried his 3-week-old daughter into the emergency department, her fingers and toes were turning…

By Susan Puckett, CNN For most Americans, planning the Thanksgiving menu is easy. It’s a given that turkey — whether purchased raw or fully…

By Faith Karimi, CNN When Jennifer Aniston opened up recently about her struggle with IVF treatments while trying to start a family, she gave a voice…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Seasonal flu activity is “elevated across the country,” with “high” or “very high”…

By Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the…

By Jen Christensen and Brenda Goodman CNN A biologic therapy that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes received approval from the US Food and Drug…

By Carma Hassan, CNN There were more than 50,000 home births in the United States in 2021, an increase of 12% over the year before and the highest…

By Raenu Charles, CNN When the US Food and Drug Administration confirmed a shortage of the drug Adderall last month, many people who rely on the…

By Dana Santas, CNN For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring all the stressful…

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN A growing percentage of Indigenous and Black parents in the United States reported that their children have faced racist…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Uganda has been struggling with an Ebola outbreak for months, and although there have been no suspected or probable Ebola…

By Katia Hetter, CNN With this year’s Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Turning down the racket isn’t just for disgruntled parents — a new study has shown it could protect more than 1…

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The rate of premature birth in the United States is climbing, according to the infant and maternal health nonprofit March…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The respiratory virus season has started early in kids this year and flooded children’s hospitals in many parts of the…

By Jen Christensen, CNN The five-year lung cancer survival rate has increased 21%, from 21% in 2014 to 25% in 2018, making what experts call…

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Higher Covid-19 vaccination rates among US children could prevent thousands of pediatric hospitalizations and millions of…

By Brenda Goodman, CNN An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer’s or those who…

By Jen Christensen, CNN There has been a steady increase in the number of children who are seen in emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts, according…

By Casey Barber, CNN As iconic Thanksgiving dishes go, stuffing is likely runner-up only to turkey as the dish most often on the dining table.…

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Spreading kindness not only helps others feel better about themselves — it can also boost the giver’s health and…

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study. The…

By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery.…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When a family arrived at Koch Funeral Home in State College, Pennsylvania, to identify a loved one before cremation, Monroe…